Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Veronica, Jackie and Jeanine (me) at Pat Brutchin's artist reception on August 6 in the Dole Gallery at the Lakeside Legacy Arts Park in Crystal Lake.

Here we are, three friends and fellow artists attending the artist's reception for Pat's first Solo Exhibit. Pat couldn't be there due to a teaching commitments, so we decided that we would be a welcoming committee for Pat in her absence. There was live music and good food and a number of art lovers in attendance. We had a very enjoyable time and felt good that we could be there for our friend.

I make every effort to attend art receptions for all of the artists I know in the Chicago area. I think it's really important that we support one another and show sincere appreciation for the creative and professional accomplishments of others. I am always pleased to see other artists attending my receptions. Taking the time to attend receptions of other artists I think it builds a stronger artist community. There is a time for being alone to do the soul searching, and roll-up your sleeves work of the artist, and there is the time for enjoying the fruits of our labor. The support of peers in the artist community has always kept the arts alive, and in these tough times we artists need all the support we can get.

So please attend all artists' receptions you can, you could be a spark that keeps the flame of artistic expression burning!

About Me

Greetings and welcome. I want to share with you my lifelong passion for art, art education, art history and most of all painting. Visitors entering my studio will find paintings and mixed media works in various stages of progress. I am always thinking and writing about my work with a strong emphasis on connecting ideas and experiences of everyday life. My work is continuously nourished through interests and activly engaging in the world through exploring history, literature, music, worldwide travels, and the vastness of human creativity throughout time.
I hold a Bachelors of Art in Art Education from University of Florida and a Masters of Art in Art Education from University of Illinois and have continued my education throughout my life. As a professional artist and teacher, the best of both worlds come together in my art and my teaching.

"Portraits of American Veterans Project" 2011

The "Portraits of American Veterans Project" has exhibited regionally and nationally. This is the stunning Sage Gallery locate in the Lakeside Legacy Arts Park in Crystal Lake. The portraits require a large galllery and the Sage is perfect for showing each painting and each Veteran's story at their best. The "Portraits of American Veterans Project" has also exhibited at Northern Trust Bank in Chicago, GE Diversity Fine Art Gallery in Fairfield Conn. and other venues in the Chicago area.